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Post by Horace on Mar 10, 2017 22:18:37 GMT
So varnish, who here uses it?
Which do you use?
I have not varnished anything in years and I am kind of reluctant to start now because it does seem to alter the look of the model a bit. But perhaps I should?
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Post by TheREALricksalamone on Mar 11, 2017 3:04:46 GMT
I do not sir.
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Post by Naitsabes on Mar 11, 2017 4:23:50 GMT
I think it depends on how careful you are with your models and how painful it would be for you to touch up chipped models. I tend to varnish all metal models and most plastics (although I've skipped it on some when the weather happened to be unfriendly as I finished the unit)
to me it seems the varnish mostly takes away a bit of the metal sheen. so, e.g. knights will look duller after varnish. I have at times given these another careful dry brush with silver after varnishing. that is a bit of a pain.
I use the GW matte stuff. pricey but I know it works...99% of the time. in ~20 years of varnishing the 'white cloud of doom' happened to me only once (knocks on wood).
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Post by dannytee on Mar 11, 2017 10:09:47 GMT
I did all of the dwarves that I had painted about 10 years ago (which is probably about half of the dwarves I have painted today). At that time I used a spray paint style can but can't remember the brand. All of the dwarves I have painted since then I have not bothered with. The new dwarves I am working on I do not plan to use any varnish on either. I just touch up paint if needed but find it is pretty rare that I even have to do that. My lizarmen are a dipped army so the dipping process acts as a protection.
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Post by Bureaucrat of Chaos on Mar 12, 2017 8:21:58 GMT
I'm fairly careful with my models when playing and transporting them, and have reached the conclusion that I won't be varnishing any more of my plastic models. It does alter the look a little bit. Like Naitsabes says mostly the metals but sometimes other colours as well. Not much, but enough to be noticed.
I will keep varnishing my metals though. Gloss varnish brushed on protruding details that will chip easily, and then covered, sometimes with a light coat of GW matte spray, sometimes with matte ('satin') brush on varnish.
(Sometimes I use gloss varnish for aesthetic reasons.)
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Post by avatarofbugman on Mar 12, 2017 16:14:32 GMT
I spot varnish areas to knock down zone, but it is often on a by model basis. It had little to do with protection for me.
I use Liquitex matte varnish with great success.
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